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Altoona nurses strike to put “Patients before profits”
February 26, 2014Hundreds of nurses, hospital workers and supporters hit the picket line in the bitter cold here, Feb. 11.
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Fasters for families: Boehner, stop playing with our lives!
February 25, 2014"We are taking our message to John Boehner that he must put immigration reform to a vote."
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“We Tell Our Stories”— a community honors its heroes
February 24, 2014The Oscars may be coming up this week, but in Oakland, People's World and Mamas 4 Obamas hosted an equally dramatic Feb. 22 event: "We Tell Our Stories."
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Today in black history: Andrew Johnson impeached
February 24, 2014On Feb. 24, 1868 the House voted to impeach President Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Abraham Lincoln as president of the United States.
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The Congressional Budget Office minimum wage controversy
February 24, 2014"Every time momentum builds for lifting wages, conservative ideologues say it will cost jobs. Every time they've been dead wrong."
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